City - NY - Celebrating Bastille Day 1913 Poster

Colorized photo from 1913
Original Title: Bastille Day, July 14, Celebrations
Photographer: Bain News
Location: 318 E 126th St, NY

Since the 1890's, the French Benevolent Society held Bastille day on July 14th. This was made into a fundraiser to support the French Hospital, they carried on with this tradition till the 1910's.

It was held in East Harlem, in what was known then as Sulzer's Harlem River Park, in around 1907, the park burned down and it had to be rebuilt again at the cost of $200,000. It was called Sulzer's because that was the guy's name, there was also a casino on the property as well as a very nice looking carousal.

It also seem they had a nice stage set up and a place to eat. On the right was a carnival game, a string was attached to two poles. On that string were more strings holding the prize. Cheap prizes had one string, fancy things like dolls had many. A blindfolded child would hold out a sharp pair of scissors out in front of them w...

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